Company Analysis

Rocky Brands, Inc. (RCKY)

Nasdaq: RCKY · Footwear, (No Rubber) · Nelsonville, OH · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade4.3
◀ Past 4.6● Present 4.9▶ Future 3.4

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

95 patents granted to the 3 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Rocky Brands, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
95
87 design, 8 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 2 in 2024 and 3 in 2023
Applications published
5
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
3
a former name, its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Other consumer goods2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
Rocky Shoes & Boots, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
52 granted
1 published
ROCKY BRANDS, INC. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
38 granted
4 published
US FOOTWEAR HOLDINGS LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Aug 20, 2024D1,039,255Boot upperUS FOOTWEAR HOLDINGS LLC
Aug 20, 2024D1,039,254Boot upperUS FOOTWEAR HOLDINGS LLC
Sep 5, 2023D997,531BootUS FOOTWEAR HOLDINGS LLC
Sep 5, 202311,744,327Footwear with dual shanksOther consumer goodsROCKY BRANDS, INC.
Jun 13, 2023D988,702BootUS FOOTWEAR HOLDINGS LLC
Apr 19, 2022D948,849Outsole for a boot, shoe, footwear, or the likeUS FOOTWEAR HOLDINGS LLC
Sep 21, 202111,122,864Footwear with dual shanksOther consumer goodsROCKY BRANDS, INC.
Jul 28, 2020D891,061Footwear outsoleROCKY BRANDS, INC.
Dec 31, 201910,517,353Footwear with dual shanksOther consumer goodsROCKY BRANDS, INC.
Aug 21, 2018D825,910Footwear upperROCKY BRANDS, INC.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 2, 20212021/0368943Footwear with Dual ShanksOther consumer goodsROCKY BRANDS, INC. · patent 11,744,327 granted from it
Oct 8, 20202020/0315297Footwear with Dual ShanksOther consumer goodsROCKY BRANDS, INC. · patent 11,122,864 granted from it
Dec 26, 20192019/0387836Footwear with External Safety Toe CapOther consumer goodsROCKY BRANDS, INC.
May 15, 20142014/0130380Footwear With External Heel CounterOther consumer goodsROCKY BRANDS, INC. · patent 9,468,260 granted from it
Jan 16, 20032003/0009908Waterproof footwear liner and method of making the sameOther consumer goodsRocky Shoes & Boots, Inc. · patent 7,043,788 granted from it

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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